Tonto Creek at A+ Road (Forest Rd 60)

Description of Site: This site is upstream of  the road crossing and approximately 1.25 miles away from entering Roosevelt Lake.

11/2/99
Flow: 10 cfs

Physico-chemical Parameters
Time Turbidity (NTU's) Temp (C) DO (ppm) DO (% sat.) pH TDS Ammonia (mg/l) Nitrate (mg/l) Ortho-P (mg/l) Sulfate (mg/l) Dissolved Fe (mg/l) Dissolved Mn (mg/l) Chloride (mg/l)
1120 7.4 14.5 11.85 113.7 8.06 285 0.08 ND ND 22.9 0.04 0 974

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) TOC DOC UV254 Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
0 16.1 0.42 0.19 0.11 0 0.42 1.4 NS 0.16 0.156

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Chroococcus 320
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 160
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 80
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 80
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 160
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 80
Euglenophyta Euglena 160
Chrysophyta Synedra 320

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 98400
Chrysophyta Acnanthes 18450
Chrysophyta Cymbella 129150
Chrysophyta Diploneis 22550
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 155800
Chrysophyta Navicula 116850
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 319800
Chrysophyta Stauroneis 219350
Chrysophyta Synedra 32800

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates
Order Family Genus
Coleoptera Elmidae Stenelmis
Coleoptera Elmidae Huleechius
Ephemeroptera Ephemerellidae Ephemerella
Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Heptagenia
Hemiptera Belastomatidae Belastoma
Hemiptera Naucoridae Ambrysus
Odonata Aeshnidae Oplonaeschna
Odonata Coenagrionidae Anomalgrion

Results from 9/27/99